Multidecadal regional sea level shifts in the Pacific over 1958-2008

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7024-7035

  Moon, Jae Hong ^a   Song, Y Tony ^a   Bromirski, Peter D ^b   Miller, Arthur J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

a non Boussinesq OGCM; multidecadal wind changes; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Pacific Ocean; regional sea level shifts

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; WIND EFFECTS;

A NON-BOUSSINESQ OGCM; LEVEL SHIFT; MULTIDECADAL WIND CHANGES; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

SEA LEVEL;

ALTIMETER; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84892903754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009297     Document Type: Article

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